perf: Add const qualifier to perf_pmu_register's 'name' arg

This allows us to use pdev->name for registering a PMU device.
IMO the name is not supposed to be changed anyway.
Signed-off-by: NMischa Jonker <mjonker@synopsys.com>
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1370339148-5566-1-git-send-email-mjonker@synopsys.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c

@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 	}
 
 	register_cpu_notifier(&metag_pmu_notifier);
-	ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, (char *)metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW);
+	ret = perf_pmu_register(&pmu, metag_pmu->name, PERF_TYPE_RAW);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }

include/linux/perf_event.h

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct pmu {
 
 	struct device			*dev;
 	const struct attribute_group	**attr_groups;
-	char				*name;
+	const char			*name;
 	int				type;
 
 	int * __percpu			pmu_disable_count;
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 
-extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type);
+extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type);
 extern void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu);
 
 extern int perf_num_counters(void);

kernel/events/core.c

@@ -6179,7 +6179,7 @@ static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
 static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_mutex;
 static struct lock_class_key cpuctx_lock;
 
-int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, char *name, int type)
+int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type)
 {
 	int cpu, ret;